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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Applicants:
Fredrik Sundqvist, Umeå, SE;
Pär Marklund, Göteborg, SE;
Inventors:
Fredrik Sundqvist, Umeå, SE;
Pär Marklund, Göteborg, SE;
Assignee:
Volvo Personvagnar AB, Gotëborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C001/16 ; F16C001/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A parking brake including a lever () coupled to a brake wire () included in the brake system. The lever () is arranged to work in two steps to achieve the desired braking power. In the first step the lever is arranged to make a translational movement for taking up wire slack in the brake system, while in the second step the lever is arranged to execute a rotation whereby the force transmission to the wire () takes place at a higher ratio than in the first step.